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• How Consumers Decide What Meat to Buy

  According to a recent piece of market research by EBLEX 23% of people are cutting back on the amount of meat they buy. This is not good news as a drop in demand tends to mean over supply and falling farmgate prices. Conscious of the need to stimulate... Posted Feb 11 2013, 11:38 AM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: red meat market, meat consumption, EBLEX, recessionary food buying [Edit Tags]

• Shoppers Further Batten Down Hatches in Face of Economic Gloom

  According to the IGD’s latest research, 59% of shoppers say that their most important concern just now how much they spend. Not surprising given that since 2007 prices have grown by 14% compared with wages at 9%, the spectre of unemployment looms and... Posted May 15 2012, 05:09 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: premium foods, changing consumer behaviour, online grocery shopping, recessionary food buying [Edit Tags]

• The Top Four Issues Worrying Food Shoppers Struggling with Austerity

  According to the Institute of Grocery Distribution’s Shopper Track research the top four areas where cash strapped consumers are seeking help are: 1. Sticking to a budget 2. Reducing waste 3. Making shopping a less tedious experience 4. Understanding... Posted Oct 12 2011, 04:02 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: innovation, provenance, IGD, changing consumer behaviour, recessionary food buying, Joanne Denney Finch [Edit Tags]

• Premium Food Sales Growing Despite Economic Gloom

  Despite the gloomy economic news, and reports of plummeting consumer confidence , people still seem ready to spend on premium quality food. Kantar Worldpanel , the market data company, tells us that overall grocery sales grew by 5% in the 12 weeks to... Posted Jan 28 2011, 09:17 AM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: premium foods, Lamb consumption, recessionary food buying [Edit Tags]

• The Food Buying Consumer – More Focused on Price Today Than in the Depths of Recession

  Whether the recession has permanently changed food buying behaviour remains a favourite topic among industry observers, with some commentators are saying that purse strings are loosening, trading up is becoming more prevalent, and the worst is behind... Posted May 03 2010, 03:24 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: IGD, food buying trends, recessionary food buying [Edit Tags]